The Los Angeles Times

A maze of checkpoints and blast barriers failed to stop a suicide car bomber from setting off a thunderous blast Saturday in a heavily guarded part of Kabul, killing a...

In the land of fairy tales and Washington, D.C. -- at least during the quadrennial inaugural season -- the mystique of the ball lives on. Just the phrase "inaugural ball"...

The Bush administration gave key backing Friday to an Israeli demand for a cease-fire in the Gaza Strip, and the Israeli Security Cabinet scheduled a vote for Saturday on an...

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After receiving complaints about NBC's Sunday telecast of the Golden Globes, the FCC said Wednesday it is reviewing the show for possible violations of indecency rules. Toward the end of...

So you've just watched the Rose Bowl, and your sense of guilt over those party snacks energizes you to move off the couch. There is a hockey game in town,...

After 19 days under Israeli military assault and Egyptian diplomatic pressure, Hamas softened its terms for a cease-fire Wednesday as fighting in the Gaza Strip pushed the death toll past...

Ricardo Montalban, the suave leading man who was one of the first Mexican-born actors to make it big in Hollywood and who was best known for his role as Mr....

Barack Obama will be sworn into office on Tuesday, just weeks before the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birth. Obama's campaign theme, "A New Birth of Freedom," was, fittingly, drawn from...